Plutus, the native smart contract language for Cardano, has welcomed a new release as the network prepares for its intra-era hard fork.

According to Cardano updates, an X handle dedicated to #Cardano releases and updates, a new version of Plutus, 1.58.0.0, has been released.

This follows efforts by Cardano's core technology teams to expand Plutus built-in functionality scheduled for activation in protocol version 11 alongside stability improvements across networking and mempool handling. $ADA